Travelling abroad? Think the locality might make a good study? Read on…

Ideas- of easy (and light) (and inexpensive - or free) things to collect to take and bring back......for contrasting /comparative location studies............these all worked brilliantly when I did a study of Canada - my poor parents were anxious about being stopped in customs and having to explain the strange array of things they had collected for me during their trip...........................

collect wrappings from foods - tin labels, squashed cartons and boxes - to compare and contrast with those from here - especially good if they are familiar brands....with a different language

Newspapers..........Local and National .......a font of all kinds of interesting stuff - and not just news - look in the adverts too!

Estate agents details - to show the kind of housing in each location

Bus and train time-tables - often have maps and pictures of the local buses and trains on the front- could be used for maths - time work too? ................